Motor-vehicle.



W. BARBER.

MOTOR VEHICLE. I APPLICATION FILED IuLY I8. I9I4.

Patented Sept. M, 1915.

citizen voit the United specicetion: Figure by e motor i0.

WLLIABI BARBER, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YRK.

Moron-VEHICLE.

To all whom it may concern.' Be it known that I, WILLIAM BARBER, e States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State ofv New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Motor- Vehicles, of which the following is e clear, full, andexact description.

rl`his invention relates to an improvement in motor vehicles, but more particularly to the rear axle construction and Wheels carried thereby, together with the means for driving seme.

The object of this invention is to arrange the rear Wheels in e manner to obviate the necessity of using a. differential gearing.

By constructing :t motor vehicle Without a.

ydifferential e greet reduction et cost is ei- .ftfected to say nothing of the elimination ci e greet source of trouble in the operation of the vehicle.

To carry out my improvement 1 utilize e solid one-pieee rear axle, provided with a driving mechanism, 'the seid `reen' axle heving attached thereto, et its outer ends, the traction Wheels of the vehicle', To eliminate the diierential 1 place the traction Wheels 'as close as possible to the driving mechanism therefor; for that reason the 'difference in rotation of the wheeis, when the' vehicle is turning a. corner, is reduced toe minimum; other features oi' improvement Wiii herein after appear.

1n the drawings, forming part oi this 1 is e side View oi e motor vehicle embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is en enlarged cross-sectional view thereof, the section being taken on e line 2 9. in Fig. 1, the Wheels being broken o.

in the drawing, s .motor vehicle body is indicated 'by 1, the seid body being'provi. ed,

at its forward end, 'with normal gege steering; Wheeis Q, one only being shown, and a suitable steering mechanism including e. steering Wheei 3, details of the steeringF gear being omitted.

lffy invention consists chieiiy of the rear construction, eonsisting oi tbe 4reir mie proper indicated by i, and the traction wheels 5. As een be seen in Fig. 2, the reer axle it is mede in one niece and has integral therewith. e. dish 6 carrying e Worin gear having in mesh therewith e. Worin S'cerried fr drivin@ she-it b which in turn is rotatrd/ o 5 1 y is can be seen, tne rear axle housing, indicated by B, is mede in two Specification of Letters Patent.

'springs Wheels also carried by Fat-entes?. Sent. i,

Application led .Tilly 18, 1914. Serial No. 851,685.

ports 11 and 12, secured together at 13. The lower half 12 incases the Worin 9 Whiie 'the upper half 11 carries un erin 14- journziled :it 15 in a bearing 1G carried by the body of the vehicle. The arm 14 carries e bracket 17, to which the motor 10 is attached. 1t wili be apparent from the above description and inspection of Fig. 1, that the motor will niove or swing, when the body moves up and down upon the springs 1S. For this reason .i ein able to dispense with the Usual universel joints for the driving shet connecting` the motor and rear axle. v

As will be seen in Fig. 2, the springs 18 ore` seated upon the upper haii 11 of the housing B, and are located between the wheels 5 and cylindrical portion of the housing; hence the wheels 5 een be teken, off without disessembling the vehicle. The

i155 are located above, or in line "with, the roller bearings 19 located between 'the cones 20 and 21.

In order to ineke the structure compact and to locate. the wheels 5 ns= close together as possible, and yet maintain rigidity, en range the housing; B so to receive e. por tion ot' the hubs 2Q o1? the wheels shown in Fig. 2. The bearings 19 however 'trike all the Weight but the insertion of the inner end of each hub 22 in the outer ends oi the honeing makes e dust-proof arrangement, espe cielly with the provision oi ,Lt the Wheeis 5 ere large, they can through'. the body es shown. for the springs 18 are preferably mede integral with the upper heli' of the housing The Wheels 5 are heid upon the etnie ei by nuts 24. 1t vriil be apparent that the wheels 5 can be removed from the mie either sepa rately or together, Without disturbing the rest' oi" the mechanism aiiter the body jacked up. 'if smeil Wheels are used body need not be jacked up. The erin Af not the only ectses e support the motor. L also acts es e thrust-or use ber conne the reel' asie housing the body ci vehicie.

l c in as my inv 'ont 1. l e motor vwnoic, e body, :iro

ing Wheels carried. thereby, I

therefor, n housing 'for mechanism 'Within seid bw ic seid eid, on erin to ieu end extending toward tice ironia te body, e pivotal seppe-rt r of said arm carried bv said body said arm having a depending part at its front end, a motor carried by the depending part of said arm, and a shaft connecting sald motor and said rear axle driving mechanism.

2. A rear axle assembly for motor vehicles, consisting of a housing, a one-piece rear axle carried thereby, said axle being shorter than the transverse width of the vehicle body, a worm gear carried by said axle, a worm to rotate said gear, wheel hubs secured to said axle, the inner end of each hub extending into the adjacent outer ends of said housing, wheels secured to said hubs, antifriction bearings for said axle within said housing, springs carried by said housing and located in line with said bearings, and means to rotate said worm.

3. In a motor vehicle, a body, front steering and rear traction wheels therefor, an axle of shorter length than the transverse width of the body, and upon the ends of which. said traction wheels are mounted whereby said traction wheels are brought into close relationship to each other, a single drive gear directly mounted on the axle between said traction wheels, a housing for said axle and drive gear, and means extending into said housing to actuate said drive betweensaid traction wheels, means engag.

ing said drive gear to rotate said axle, and

1 body supporting springs carried by said axle.

5. In a motor vehicle, a body, front steering and rear traction wheels therefor, an, axle of shorter length than the transverse` width of the body and upon the ends of which said traction wheels are mounted,

whereby said traction wheels are brought into close relationship to each other, a single drive gear directly mounted on said axle between said traction wheels, a housing for said axle and drive gear, meanvextending into the housing to actuate said drive gear,

and springs carried by said housing for sup porting,r the vehicle body.

6. In a motor vehicle, a body, front steering and rear traction wheels therefor, an axle upon the ends -of which said traction wheels are mounted, said axle being of shorter length than the transverse width of the vehicle body, whereby said traction wheels are brought into close relationship to each other, an arm journfled upon said axle and extending toward the front end of tion wheels having hubs arranged to extend'V into the open ends of said housing, and forming a pivotal bearing for said housing, an arm carried by said housing, said arm being pivotally connected to the vehicle body, a motor carried by said arm, and means extending into said housing and vactuated by said motor, to drive said axle.

8. A vehicle body having front steering wheels of normal gage, in combination with a rear axle, traction wheels mounted thereon in closely adjacent relation to each other for independent removal therefrom, a single drivegear for the a'xle located between said traction wheels. a housing for/said drive gear, said housing being journaled on the hubs of said traction wheels, a motor support connected to the housing, a motor carried thereby, and means actuated by the inotor to drive said gear.

9. In a motor vehicle, a body having front steering and rear traction wheels, said front steering wheels being of normal gage, an axle of shorter length than the transverse width of the body, said rear traction wheels beingr independently mounted upon the respective ends of said ax'le and in close or narrow gage relationship to each other, for independent removal, a single drive gear directly mounted on said axle between said traction wheels for driving said axle, and means to actuate said drive gear.

Signed at New York city, New York, this 17th day of July, 1914.

WILLIAM BARBER.

Witnesses I MABEL DJTTENHOEFER, Ronnr RICHTER. 

